Show HN: I made a worldwide sexual life dashboard

[superderevo]

The idea is to share data-based insights about sexual life

I’ve worked in SexEd startups, and it’s wild that humanity doesn’t have this data. Most major academic studies have focused on sex primarily from a health and reproduction perspective, leaving many important and interesting questions unexplored (for many reasons)

To promote transparency, the anonymous data will be open-sourced, allowing researchers, students and anyone interested to analyze it

[bradfitz]

I tried to scroll the map that said only “blowjob" for the US and "not enough data" for all other countries and as I went to scroll it on mobile, an overlay helper text in a similar font said "Use two fingers"

[mattmaroon]

Definitely need to add in some illustrations then.

[bschwindHN]

The map is hilarious

https://imgur.com/XgkaZTE

But also: please don't populate the browser history if you change pages on bar charts.

[do_not_redeem]

Off-topic but what is this map projection? Last time I checked, the west half of the USA's northern border is flat, but here it looks like the USA is inflating like a balloon.

[superderevo]

Yeah, the refresh issue on bar charts is a technical limitation of Flourish (otherwise amazing data viz tool). I’m in contact with their support to find a fix

[dogman123]

This seems to violate the spirit of Show HN. Assuming it’s a marketing gimmick for Feeld or something like that.

Who’s the “I”?

“Designed by Cozy Ventures” … “We're a company that creates advanced digital solutions for early-stage startups.”

[superderevo]

I collaborated with Cozy Ventures on the website design. I don’t think this violates any rules, but unfortunately the post has already been flagged

Update: Removed this information from the website

[pcthrowaway]

I wouldn't put much stock in a lot of self-reported data, especially given the form design.

For example, HSV-1 is an STI, and 70-80% of adults globally have it (certainly more than 50% in pretty much every country).

90% of people have or will have had HPV in their lifetime (though to be fair, many don't know about it as it's not tested for in men)

16% of survey respondents said they have never had an STI, which is frankly impossible.

Every user apparently answered "age of first sexual intercourse" with a number?

"sexual intercourse" is poorly defined for our 6% of lesbians (does that mean vaginal or anal penetration with a toy, and if so does that require a partner?). Wikipedia defines it as "typically involving" and goes on to say:

> There are different views on what constitutes sexual intercourse or other sexual activity, which can impact views of sexual health

[apt-apt-apt-apt]

If we're counting non-sexually transmitted infections as STIs (HSV-1), we may as well include getting sneezed on and catching a cold during sex as an STI too, as it's closer to an STI than the previous.

Also, many people get cold sores from their mum or dad. You are basically calling us all mfers..

[piperswe]

> 90% of people have or will have had HPV in their lifetime

I suspect that number will soon become out-of-date, given that there's a widely available vaccination against HPV now.

[zahlman]

>16% of survey respondents said they have never had an STI, which is frankly impossible.

Even people who are being honest might not count e.g. oral herpes as an STI if they contracted it in a non-sexual way.

>Every user apparently answered "age of first sexual intercourse" with a number?

... As opposed to what?

[baka367]

I would suggest adding a gender filter on each chart. Right now, all the data is tailored towards a male user.

[blendo]

What’s the margin of error of each question?

What is the risk the stats have been gamed by bad actors?

[october8140]

Is it only available in English?

[superderevo]

Yes, for now. In the coming months, we will be adding other major languages